doubles

dou-bles · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (sports) A game or match played by two teams of two players each.

  2. 2.

    Third person singular of double; makes twice as much.

  3. 3.

    Third person singular present of "double."

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    mixed doubles — a game with male and female partners
  • •
    see double — to see two images of one object

Related words

See also: double, doubled, pairs

Etymology

From double, from Old French doble, from Latin duplus ("twofold").